Once the muscular contraction is ‘triggered’ at will in the centre of the forehead – then the mind is focused so that the hyper ‘imaginative’
Tag: meditation
Logical Experiments with the ‘Third Eye’
I have been engaged in the activity of Buddhist meditation for over three decades. In that time, I have experienced a number of ‘states’ marked
Email: A Ch’an Master Can come and go as they please (22.8.2020)
Dear Gillian It strikes me that life is prolonged through sentiment, but what if life is just as long as it is meant to be?
Email: A Reflective Love (10.8.2020)
Dear Gillian When I sit quietly, reality is a direct experience. It is deep, loving, caring and boundless. There is a ‘source’ but language cannot
Ch’an Practice for Christians
The interface between Ch’an Buddhist practice and Christian practice is that of contemplative prayer. Contemplative prayer is preferably ‘silent’, and comprised of a single, meaningful, one-syllable word.
Email: Glimpses of Gnosticism (17.7.2020)
Dear Gillian The Early Church (Apostolic) Fathers reacted unfavourably to a teaching they referred to as ‘Gnosticism’. With the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library (and Dead Sea Scrolls), we know
